John Prine – Spanish Pipedream (Guitar)

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For Bass or Travis picking: play "G" chord as: G , G/B , repeat once play "C" chord as: C , C/G , repeat once play "D" chord as: D , D/A , repeat once [Chords] G 320003 G/B x20003 C x32010 C/G 3x2010 D xx0232 D/A x00232 G6/D xx0000 [Intro] G G6/D G G6/D G G6/D G [Verse 1]
G6/D      G                          C
She was a level headed dancer on the road to alcohol.

    D7                                      G  
And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal.

         G                 
Well she pressed her chest against me,

          C
About the time the jukebox broke.

          D7
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck,

                            G
And these are the words she spoke.
[Chorus 1]
             G
Blow up your T.V.. Throw away your paper.

          D                     G
Go to the country.  Build you a home.

               G
Plant a little garden.  Eat a lotta peaches.

            D               G
Try an find Jesus,  on your own.
[Verse 2]
        G                             C
Well, I sat there at the table, and I acted real naive.

      D7                                            G
For I knew that topless lady, had something up her sleeve.

          G                                   C    
Well, she danced around the bar room, and she did the hoochy-coo.

         D7                                                G  N.C.
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do.
[Chorus 2]
N.C.         G
Blow up your T.V.  Throw away your paper.

          D                     G
Go to the country.  Build you a home.

               G
Plant a little garden.  Eat a lot of peaches.

             D              G
Try an' find Jesus, on your own.
[Solo] D G D G C G D G [Verse 3]
      G                            C
Well, I was young and hungry, and about to leave that place.

     D7                                               G
When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face.

        G                                     C
I said "You must know the answer".  She said "No but I'll give it a try".

       D7
And to this very day, we've been livin' our way. 

                       G  N.C.
And here is the reason why.
[Chorus 3]
N.C.           G
We blew up our T.V.  Threw away our paper.

            D                   G
Went to the country, built us a home.

             G
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches.

               D               G    C  G
They all found Jesus, on their own.
[Tag] D G C G